'Young Man With The Big Beat'

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Posted June 20, 2011. EIN - the first with the Elvis news.- UPDATED November 3rd - See below for best purchase deals -

Ernst Jorgensen on 'Young Man With The Big Beat': More than 55 years have passed since 1956 and Elvis Presley’s pivotal year. The young singer’s dramatic rise is exhaustively chronicled in a new five-CD box set, “Young Man with the Big Beat". For producer Ernst Jorgensen it was a chance to reassert the true size and scope of Elvis’ impact on the world.
“He was No. 1 on the singles chart for half of that year,” Jorgensen explains. “This was totally unique, and it changed the record business forever. And I thought that the idea of just picking one year to demonstrate how significant the early success of Elvis Presley was would be a fun task to do. We thought it would be wonderful to tell this story again, because there are so many people out there who have forgotten how big Elvis was.”
While Presley today remains almost singularly identified with rock ‘n’ roll, that was hardly the case back then. The young singer’s rise into the commercial stratosphere actually received a big boost from legions of country-music DJs at Southern radio stations. Those same DJs named Presley “Most Promising C&W Artist” in November 1955, and they’d kept his Sun singles, including tunes like 'That’s All Right' and 'Mystery Train' in heavy rotation from the beginning.'Heartbreak Hotel' Elvis’ first RCA single, received enormous benefits as a result. The country DJs — many of whom actually had a sense of ownership in Presley’s success, according to Jorgensen — played the single incessantly, despite the fact that it bears no resemblance to what today is considered

country music.“In a broader commercial sense, ‘Heartbreak Hotel’ was a strange record,” Jorgensen said. “It was a No. 1 country hit for 17 weeks… Yet the country environment ended up having serious misgivings about Elvis in that Elvis and his music basically stole their audience. Elvis stole the show when he was performing on country shows with Hank Snow and other big names. Nobody wanted to follow Elvis anymore.”
It was just as well, because Presley had entered a universe all his own. The hits kept coming and a generation of young Americans, already enamored of artists like Chuck Berry and Little Richard, just couldn’t get enough.“It didn’t even matter much to them whether Chuck Berry’s ‘Maybellene’ or Little Richard’s ‘Tutti Frutti’ were sung by black artists, something that would have been called ‘race records’ the year before,” Jorgensen said. “They were excited about the new music. Fats Domino and Elvis Presley tied exactly into that. A lot of people didn’t know whether Elvis was white or black. I think it was a generation finding its musical voice.”
Jorgensen says he continues to discover new things in the Presley archives. The “Young Man with the Big Beat” box, for instance, includes two radio ads Elvis did for RCA Victrolas, in addition to a recently discovered performance in Shreveport, La., on December 15, 1956.
“The audio is a bit rough, but it gives you a very good idea of what an Elvis Presley concert was like with 7,500 screaming teenagers there,” Jorgensen said. “To get a full concert from back then is, to us, a miracle.”

To grasp the impact Elvis had in 1956, it’s instructive to digest that year’s sales tallies: Ten million singles sold, 3 million EPs and 800,000 LPs — all racked up in a matter of months.“Forgetting about the artistic value of it for a minute, the success of Elvis Presley was so extraordinary, so staggering, that they had nothing to compare it to,” Jorgensen said. “When Elvis’ first album came out, it outsold anything RCA ever had before. And it was an album from a total unknown. It sold more than 300,000 copies — 100,000 more than the best they’d ever had at RCA.”
Jorgensen said that besides revisiting a remarkable year in the history of rock ‘n’ roll’s premier icon, “Young Man with the Big Beat” also serves as a reminder that factors like a fragmented music market, a diversified global marketplace and an array of entertainment alternatives conspire to make a 21st-century Elvis inconceivable.
“We don’t have the same world, where people can agree on anything on this kind of level,” Jorgensen said. “He came through as a musician in a way that’s not possible any longer.”(News, Source;AAP/ElvisInfoNetwork)

'Young Man with the Big Beat' In-Depth Review: Released to coincide with the 55th anniversary celebration of Elvis' national break-through year, 'Young Man with the Big Beat' is a 5-disc box set in a retro format containing all of the 1956 RCA Masters including the complete albums 'Elvis Presley' (#1254) and the second 'Elvis' (#1382). It also includes a previously-unreleased live show, outtakes and rare interviews with the Elvis along with an 84-page book with a day-by-day chronology plus assorted photos and memorabilia.
Back in March 1956 an RCA promotional poster billed Elvis Presley as a "Young Man with the Big Beat". There is no doubt that the billboard’s designers would have had no idea what an impact that BIG BEAT would have on future generations, shaking the very ground of the until now easy-listening entertainment world.
Can this new box-set really capture everything that Elvis achieved in this great Rock'n'Roll year

'1956, Elvis Presley’s Pivotal Year':TIME magazine featured this recent article by SONY/FTD's music producer and consultant Roger Semon. The article helps explain to readers what the new deluxe box-set 'Young Man With The Big Beat' is all about.
... "In the mid-1950s, the post-war Eisenhower era of social conformity in America was at its peak, and musically, the most threatening image appeared to be Bill Haley’s kiss-curl as he sang “Rock Around The Clock.” That all changed on Jan. 28, 1956, when a raw and electric Elvis Presley made his breakthrough on the CBS program Stage Show. Presley’s good looks, sensuous moves and mesmerizing voice made him a sensation overnight. But it wasn’t until a third appearance on the show that Presley truly challenged the status quo. On Feb. 11, the singer performed “Heartbreak Hotel” and by April, the single would be #1 on the Billboard chart. At last, teenagers had music of their own to swoon over while their parents continued listening to Frank Sinatra and Mario Lanza....

5-CD SUPER-DELUXE BOX SET FEATURES STUDIO & LIVE RECORDINGS, AN UNRELEASED LIVE CONCERT, INTERVIEWS, AND A LAVISHLY-ILLUSTRATED, DAY-BY-DAY TIMELINE OF ELVIS IN 1956

All presented in a large deluxe box that is in a retro 12" x 12" Vinyl LP size.

Back in 1956 a promotional poster billed Elvis Presley as a "Young man with a big beat".

Chances are the ad’s designers didn’t realise just how big that beat was, and how far it would take the boy from Tupelo, Mississippi. Freshly poached from Sam Phillip's SUN Records label, Elvis was about to embark on a career at RCA Victor, the label with which he would remain for the rest of his life.

Cleverly combined with EPE's big celebration of the 55th Anniversary of Elvis' RCA debut and the year of his dramatic worldwide impact, RCA/ Legacy will release a comprehensive look at the singer’s seminal year in music.

Young Man with the Big Beat is a 5-disc box set in a retro 12x12 LP format which contains all of the 1956 RCA Masters including the complete albums 'Elvis Presley' (#1254) and the second 'Elvis' (#1382).

(These two albums will also be available as a cheaper 2-CD Legacy Edition- see below).

The DELUXE box-set features a previously-unreleased live show, outtakes and rare interviews with the Elvis will also be included, along with an 80-page book with a day-by-day chronology plus replicas of memorabilia.

The explosion of Elvis Presley’s career on RCA Records during the 12 months of 1956 was a wondrous evolution. By the end of that fateful year, the rockabilly singer from Memphis whose audience was rooted in the deep Southern states, would be the most famous person in the world. How did it happen? In one word: music. “…My pelvis had nothin’ to do with what I do,” Elvis said in 1956. “I just get kinda in rhythm with the music, I jump around to it because I enjoy what I’m doin’, I’m not tryin’ to be vulgar, I’m not tryin’ to sell any sex, I’m not tryin’ to look vulgar and nasty. I just enjoy what I’m doin’ and tryin’ to make the best of it ...” The rest, of course, is history. Ten million singles sold, three million EPs, and 800,000 LPs’ worth, in just that first year. 1956.

YOUNG MAN WITH THE BIG BEAT will feature one of the most extraordinary books every created at Legacy. The focal point of the book, spread across its 80 pages, will be a unique, meticulously-researched, day-by-day chronology of Elvis’ iconic year, including every concert, every recording date, every television appearance, personal events in Elvis’ life, and much more. A dazzling photo array of memorabilia will illustrate each day and entry. Concert ticket stubs, RCA memoranda, letters from fans, postcards from Elvis to his family, tour itineraries, magazine covers and articles, trade charts, fan club relics, RCA publicity photos, concert photos, candid photos, and more will be a feast for the eyes and the imagination as 1956 unfolds. The book was assembled by Elvis expert Roger Semon.

YOUNG MAN WITH THE BIG BEAT will also include five rare 8x10 photographs (suitable for framing), five original-size poster replicas, and a replica concert ticket stub.

The five CDs comprise the following, all material originating in 1956:

CD One, Studio Recordings: 17 tracks recorded in New York, Nashville, and Hollywood, starting with the 12 songs on the debut LP, Elvis Presley (‘1254’), followed by non-LP single A-sides and B-sides, and EP tracks;

CD Two, Studio Recordings: 22 tracks recorded in New York, Nashville, and Memphis, starting with the 12 songs on the second LP, Elvis (‘1382’), followed by non-LP single A-sides and B-sides, and EP tracks;

CD Four, The Outtakes: Four outtakes from the first historic RCA session in January (“I Got A Woman,” “Heartbreak Hotel,” “I’m Counting On You,” “I Was The One”), segueing into the complete session of February 3rd (11 takes of “Lawdy, Miss Clawdy” and 12 takes of “Shake, Rattle And Roll”); plus the first of the interviews – the complete Warwick Hotel (NYC) interview by Robert Brown in March;

CD Five, the Interviews: The Paul Wilder interview, plus his interviews with Colonel Parker and Oscar Davis; plus two segments of Elvis’ rarely heard candid monologue, “The Truth About Me,” and two advertisements for RCA Victrolas.

Over the course of CD One and Two, YOUNG MAN WITH THE BIG BEAT compiles Elvis Presley’s complete 1956 masters. The year was fueled by a run of hits that kept radio well-stocked: “Heartbreak Hotel,” “I Was The One,” Blue Suede Shoes,” “Money Honey,” “I Want You, I Need You, I Love You,” “My Baby Left Me,” “Don't Be Cruel,” “Hound Dog,” and “Love Me Tender” topping the list.

In addition to the master takes, outtakes, and live performances heard on CDs One through Four of YOUNG MAN WITH THE BIG BEAT, there is also the most extensive collection of audio spoken word material ever included on an RCA release. These extended and rare interviews are previously unreleased by RCA Records. The first of these segments, at the end of CD Four, is the complete Elvis interview by Robert Brown that took place at the Warwick Hotel in New York City on March 24th. CD Five then presents:

Colonel Parker and Oscar Davis (interviewed by Paul Wilder backstage at the Polk Theater, Lakeland, Florida, on August 10th);

The Truth About Me (Original spoken word 45 rpm disc included in Teen Parade magazine. Recorded on the set of Love Me Tender, August 22nd);

The Truth About Me Interview (Recorded on the set of Love Me Tender, August 22nd);

RCA Victrola radio ad 1;

RCA Victrola radio ad 2 (both ads never before released commercially).

YOUNG MAN WITH THE BIG BEAT was produced for reissue by Ernst Mikael Jørgensen, the respected director of RCA’s Elvis catalog for over two decades.

The box set will be released September 27, 2011, on RCA/Legacy.

Ernst Jørgensen and Roger Semon talk about “Young Man With The Big Beat” Box Set: Recently US News3 channel interviewed Ernst Jørgensen and Roger Semon in Memphis about the “Young Man With The Big Beat” 5-CD deluxe set.
Ernst Jørgensen nicely points out how the intelligence of Elvis is presented by the rare interviews in the box-set, while Roger Semon explains how the book captures the cultural event as it happened day by day in 1956. Also how their access to the EPE archives provided new material for the set.

‘Young Man With the Big Beat’ New 1956 DELUXE BoxSet 5cd Release: A new 1956 Super Deluxe 1956 boxset to be released September 27, 2011.
... "The recorded legacy of Elvis Presley continues to be discovered by new generations that never saw him or heard him perform live. It's hard to appreciate that he started so much of what we take for granted now in popular music. Until 1956, the teenagers of suburban America, and the rest of the world, had to endure ditties by Rosemary Clooney and Perry Como but everything was about to be tossed upside down. On January 28 on a cold night in New York, Elvis took America by storm as he appeared on CBS-TV's Stage Show hosted by Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey. On February 4 for his second appearance he sang a song that literally changed the world of popular music "Heartbreak Hotel". Its unique sound and style literally blew everything before it away while at the same time inducing the blueprint for everything that was to come; by April, it would be #1 on Billboard. This incredible step-change in musical history resonated around the world and while liberating millions of young adolescent teenagers it also inspired many successful artists of today to pick a guitar or sing - everyone wanted to be like Elvis. The pure spontaneity of these seminal recordings

shows through even today; "Heartbreak Hotel", Don't Be Cruel", "Hound Dog", "Blue Suede Shoes" and "My Baby Left Me" are some of the greatest rock 'n' roll records ever made. Elvis' unprecedented level of achievement is still the benchmark by which artistic success is measured today and YOUNG MAN WITH THE BIG BEAT is testament to the phenomenon and cultural icon that is Elvis Presley.

- THIS SUPER DELUXE EDITION CELEBRATES 1956 in style with this retro 12x12 format and offers;

'1956, Elvis Presley’s Pivotal Year':TIME magazine featured this recent article by SONY/FTD's music producer and consultant Roger Semon. The article helps explain to readers what the new deluxe box-set 'Young Man With The Big Beat' is all about.
... "In the mid-1950s, the post-war Eisenhower era of social conformity in America was at its peak, and musically, the most threatening image appeared to be Bill Haley’s kiss-curl as he sang “Rock Around The Clock.” That all changed on Jan. 28, 1956, when a raw and electric Elvis Presley made his breakthrough on the CBS program Stage Show. Presley’s good looks, sensuous moves and mesmerizing voice made him a sensation overnight. But it wasn’t until a third appearance on the show that Presley truly challenged the status quo. On Feb. 11, the singer performed “Heartbreak Hotel” and by April, the single would be #1 on the Billboard chart. At last, teenagers had music of their own to swoon over while their parents continued listening to Frank Sinatra and Mario Lanza....

Sneak Peek of "Young Man With The Big Beat" book: Sony gives you the chance to see exclusive inside spreads from the 80-page book that features a 12-month day-by-day chronology, rare memorabilia, photos, artifacts and documents! Young Man With The Big Beat traces Elvis' every step in the year that he transformed from a rockabilly singer to the King of Rock 'n' Roll and is available everywhere September 27, 2011.

Trailer for "Young Man With The Big Beat" Set: “Young Man With The Big Beat” is a 5-CD super deluxe set celebrating Elvis Presley's explosive 1956 RCA debut that changed the world of music forever. The set features 5 CDs with complete RCA master recordings, live performances, outtakes and rare interviews.
Via SONY you can pay extra but get a lovely exclusive replica 7” vinyl of Elvis’ very first RCA EP.

"Young Man With The Big Beat" Detailed Review: David McGee in a detailed review for The Bluegrass Special writes about the special features included in "Young Man With The Big Beat," which will be in stores everywhere beginning September 27, 2011. ‘What Is Going On?’- In 1956 Elvis’s guitarist, Scotty Moore, asked the question. Elvis supplied the resounding answer.And this new box-set chronicles that momentous year for the man who would be King.
"The heart of the five CD set is the two discs of Original Masters. Three other CDs flesh out the story of a landmark year in American music. A disc of outtakes (some previously released, some seeing the light of day for the first time) is pretty well narrowcast for Elvis die-hards who have a vested interest in hearing, say, 11 of the 12 takes of “Lawdy Miss Clawdy,” or the same number of runs at “Shake, Rattle and Roll.” The real attraction of the Outtakes disc is the inclusion at the end of a 30-minute interview with Elvis conducted by trade journalist Robert Brown at New York’s Warwick Hotel on March 24, 1956."
"With little biographical detail then available about Elvis, Brown begins the questioning with Elvis’s self-recording at Sun and his job as a

Crown Electric truck driver. Given how few interviews with Elvis exist, it’s still fascinating to hear him talk about how determined he was to make something of himself at Crown Electric. ... His own words betray the discipline and drive both Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins (below with Elvis) saw in Elvis that not only inspired them but also left no doubt in their minds as to his eventual success as an entertainer."
As Peter Guralnick noted in 'Last Train To Memphis' - After the release of Heartbreak Hotel... “They were back on the Hayride the following week for the first time in a month. A lot had happened in that month, but for Elvis and Scotty and Bill there had been no time to gauge it, and it didn’t appear all that different from everything else that had been building and going on for the last year. They did ‘Heartbreak Hotel’ for the first time, said Scotty Moore , ‘and that damn auditorium down there almost exploded. I mean, it had been wild before that, but it was more like playing down at your local camp, a home folks-type situation. But now they turned into--it was different faces, just a whole other… That’s the earliest I can remember saying, What is going on?’”GO HERE for the full article and ELVIS video clips.(News, Source;ElvisThe Music) - Below right Elvis and Natalie Wood

Special Purchase Deals -

YOUNG MAN WITH THE BIG BEATputs the focus on Elvis in 1956. The package includes his RCA studio master recordings and outtakes in New York, Nashville and Memphis; live perform¬ances; interviews; and much more. Taking its name from an RCA poster campaign for his debut album, the super deluxe 5-CD, 12-inch square box set (with an amazing 80-page book with timeline) is available now for pre-order at www.elvis1956.com.

Pre-order customers will also receive an exclusive replica vinyl 7” of Elvis’ first 45rpm EP for RCA Records. Sharing the same striking cover art as Elvis’ debut album, the EP (“extended play”) features “Blue Suede Shoes,” “Tutti Frutti,” “I Got A Woman” and “Just Because.” This vinyl single is only available through this special website offer, and it will ship upon payment for the box set.

Special AUSTRALIAN NZ and European Purchase Deal for this great new release -

'Young Man With The Big Beat'- Massive Price Drop: EIN says don't fall for other "Special Offers" from other Elvis websites that DO NOT include Postage and Packaging for this huge box-set - Check out this GREAT Amazon UK deal with FREE postage.
- While the order says £53.78 GBPounds when you head to Checkout it drops to £48.50.GBP. For AUSTRALIANS and New Zealanders this is an AMAZING Price - ONLY AU$77 ! (INCLUDING Postage and Packing to your door!)

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(News, Source;Amazon/ElvisInfoNet)

ELVIS PRESLEY: LEGACY EDITION.

In tandem with the release of YOUNG MAN WITH THE BIG BEAT, RCA/ Legacy will also release (on the same date) ELVIS PRESLEY: LEGACY EDITION. This special double-CD package will couple, for the first time, the Elvis Presley and Elvis albums of 1956. They will be heard as they are on CD One and CD Two of the YOUNG MAN box set (with the same bonus tracks).

‘Elvis Presley: Legacy Edition’: As previously noted on EIN, the RCA/Legacy next Elvis release ‘Elvis Presley: Legacy Edition’ is the combination of Elvis’ first two albums and associated 1956 singles.
Following on from the excellent ‘Elvis Is Back’, ’FEIM', and ‘On Stage’ Elvis' vitally creative albums are now included in fabulous quality and packaging as part of the Legacy series.

Tracklisting.
Disc: 1 1. Blue Suede Shoes
2. I m Counting On You
3. I Got A Woman
4. One-Sided Love Affair
5. I Love You Because
6. Just Because
7. Tutti Frutti
8. Trying To Get To You
9. I m Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry (Over You)
10. I ll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin')
11. Blue Moon
12. Money Honey
13. Heartbreak Hotel
14. I Was The One
15. My Baby Left Me
16. Lawdy, Miss Clawdy
17. Shake, Rattle And Roll (News, Source;Amazon)

Disc: 2
1. Rip It Up
2. Love Me
3. When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again
4. Long Tall Sally
5. First In Line
6. Paralyzed
7. So Glad You re Mine
8. Old Shep
9. Ready Teddy
10. Anyplace Is Paradise
11. How s The World Treating You
12. How Do You Think I Feel
13. I Want You, I Need You, I Love You
14. Hound Dog
15. Don t Be Cruel
16. Any Way You Want Me (That's How I Will Be)
17. Too Much
18. Playing For Keeps
19. Love Me Tender
20. Let Me
21. Poor Boy
22. We're Gonna Move

'Young Man With The Big Beat' UK Release Info: EIN contributor Brian Quinn contacted Sony(UK) to ask if the new box-set would get a UK release and what were its chart prospects.
SONY replied, "Yes it will be released in the UK. It’s a high end piece so will get focused but limited promotion. Not sure it’s chart eligible but with the numbers we can sell it wouldn’t bother the UK top 40."